#DementiaAwareness #CTE #RugbySupport
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My shirt was soaked in blood - but I was told to get back on the rugby pitch
Former amateur rugby players with early onset dementia say they have been left with "no help and no hope".
Ex-soldier and police officer Ross Coombs, 43, who captained British Army and club teams in south Wales, has been diagnosed with early onset dementia and probable Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) - a brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head.
#Football #CTE #HealthAwareness
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Headed clearances are rising significantly - football should not ignore the health risks
Headed clearances are on the rise throughout English football Ben Stansall/Getty Images
A couple of weeks ago, two football stories which seemed unrelated were, in reality, very much connected.
#CTEprevention #Concussions #SportsHealth
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PFA implementing header rules to prevent CTE
The union representing British soccer players will announce on Tuesday the first comprehensive protocol for preventing the brain disease CTE, expanding the heightened concern over concussions to include the damage that can be caused by the less forceful blows from heading the ball.
#CTE #FootballSafety #BrainInjuries
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What happens next after latest link between heading and brain disease?
Daniel Austin - BBC Sport senior journalist; Natalie Pirks - BBC Sport correspondent
When a senior coroner declared on Monday that repeatedly heading footballs "likely" contributed to the brain disease which was a factor in the death of former Leeds United and Manchester United defender Gordon McQueen, the relationship between heading and neurodegenerative illnesses was thrown into the spotlight again.
